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Nice of you to say that, Susy ....you're such a joy! And yes, I'm famiiar with Dr. Carl Jung...I've read some of his writings and it's all very good and so intriguing to say the least...STING reads his stuff as well. That book sounds interesting...perhaps I'll read it aswell and we can compare notes, eh?? I use to think Shirley McClaine was kinda "out there", but now....maybe not so much. Oh, and yes, I'll share that little story at some point...it's really nothing much ...something similar to the story that was inspired by the video "Sally's Pigeons"that VB posted...just kinda special to me from my youth and it came full circle at this point in time. Here's a song I just heard on the car radio...kinda just posting with the flow of things...love the song as well!
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I just grabbed the MacLaine book with some others like "Love is Nothing" about Ava Gardner (nothing? Most say love is 'everything'), these small town libraries don't have that extensive a selection. I like to read about old Shirley's show biz career too. And other stars. To get a vicarious thrill, a small part of me would have liked to have gone into show biz, but I lost most of my acting, impromptu story telling to the class and comedian talent after reaching puberty. Could still sing though. After Chapman did what he did to Lennon, was traumatized to the point of losing most of my songwriting ability. I deeply regret never learning to play piano and guitar. MacLaine will write something intriguing, then in the next paragraph something so stupid seeming and outlandish that you can't relate, you can only blurt out an incredulous laugh! But that can be entertaining. For instance, in "Sage-ing while Age-ing" she describes toting around a weird machine with her to help her allergies, it's a very odd machine. And she entreats us to "balance our acidity with alkaline properties," one more health thing to worry about! So I don't think I will. (LOL)
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I like "Sister Golden Hair Surprise" song
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My little niece Emma loves M.J. (laughs)
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I like this from our movie- Stilyagi - or i don;t know how it will sounds correct in english- maybe- Teddy Boys or smth like that- anyway - enjoy
and then from our version of Mary Poppins - Lady Perfection - wind of changes colourfull dreams -
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My little niece Emma loves M.J. (laughs)
She is too cute for words, Susy!! and hey, she's got it goin' on ..reminds me of what my mother use to say..."It's in her"! Yvonne Elliman - "HELLO STRANGER"
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SusyLuvsPaul:
I just grabbed the MacLaine book with some others like "Love is Nothing" about Ava Gardner (nothing? Most say love is 'everything'), these small town libraries don't have that extensive a selection. I like to read about old Shirley's show biz career too. And other stars. To get a vicarious thrill, a small part of me would have liked to have gone into show biz, but I lost most of my acting, impromptu story telling to the class and comedian talent after reaching puberty. Could still sing though. After Chapman did what he did to Lennon, was traumatized to the point of losing most of my songwriting ability. I deeply regret never learning to play piano and guitar. MacLaine will write something intriguing, then in the next paragraph something so stupid seeming and outlandish that you can't relate, you can only blurt out an incredulous laugh! But that can be entertaining. For instance, in "Sage-ing while Age-ing" she describes toting around a weird machine with her to help her allergies, it's a very odd machine. And she entreats us to "balance our acidity with alkaline properties," one more health thing to worry about! So I don't think I will. (LOL)
Susy...I also enjoy reading about the lives and times of certain celebs...use to love to watch the BIOGRAPHY CHANNEL aswell...haven't seen in on in a while though. I still haven't read that Steve McQueen book 'THE KING OF COOL", that we discussed on a previous thread of yours....that's a must read for me...I always admired him as a great actor and I was very infatuated with his looks and persona. Did you read it per chance? Oh, they had an interesting show on the evening about the life of Joan Crawford...of course, I had my very own 'MOMMIE DEAREST", SO i'm always interested in anything to do with her and her daugher "Christine" who coincidently, I share the very same birthday with. I was devasted by John's death as well...ruined my whole Christmas and I was really quite depressed for quite some time. Wow..you really were affected weren't you?? well, not to worry, you may have lost some of your SONG writing skills (as you say) , but your eloquent writings here and comedic talents are still very much in tact :
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Thanks for the wonderful kind words, Claudia! Compliments are hard to come by, seems like, and when you get one it feels really nice I happened to be living in New York when John was killed. In White Plains. Which isn't far from Manhattan, you probably know, or from Yonkers and the Bronx, etc. It was a little close to home, which intensified the shock and impact all the more, to be near by when the atrocity transpired You were up North too, then? Where were you? I have my own "Joan Crawford" too...was surprised to hear you do, too...ouch! Sorry to hear that! Maybe we should compare notes! (?) and commiserate! (not here though, in a p.m. or such?) Cause it isn't a picnic : But it's not so great to dwell on it either, is it. I haven't come across that Steve McQueen bio in bookstores...you made me realize I oughta look it up on ebay and Amazon...would love to read it. He could really act. And those blue peepers...mercy
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We're presently in the throws of a nasty ice storm so, I thought it would be a good time to answer your post. Indeed, I do know where White Plains is, Susy...I had a friend in High School who lived there, and yes I had already left the "BIG APPLE" several years before the unthinkable happened with John. So very sad, I use to so love to watch him evolve from afar...I truly loved the fact that he chose New York as his new home--it just tickled me that he was treading on pavements that I had previously walked on ....I know, I can be so shallow Now, re: Joan Crawford: Wow...yet again, we share another common thread (sorry )...our disfunctional mothers ...no wonder I'm so in tune with you. Sufficeth to say, my mother was an extremely controlling, achoholic, stage mother who wanted to live her life vicarously through me and I just wasn't having it, so she made life miserable for me. Fortunately, I had a marvelous role model in my gorgeous and adoring father. Ironically, my Dad eventuallly met Joan Crawford after aquiring a job as a personal assistant to Henry Plenn, the wealthy Uncle of singer Leslie Gore...believe that??? and he said she really was a B&&TCH!!! My Dad would pick up celebs at the airport that Mr. Plenn knew, and some of them, he was even having trists with, even tho' he was indeed married. Quite an exciting job while it lasted until one tragic morning my Dad got the phone call saying Mr. Plenn had passed away suddenly (at 49) of a heartattack, and of course shortly thereafter his wife told my Dad his services were no longer needed. Anwyay, you know you can pm me anytime so we can compare notes...but yes, I try not to dwell on the negatives of the past...I can honestly say I have put all that behind me now.
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Forgot to post my song....sorry it's kind of out-of-sync.. sounds good though, and Sting looks extra good here!
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Thanks so much for the invite to p.m. you, Miss C. What tales to tell you must have growing up in N.Y.C., Claudia, that was a very interesting intriguing anecdote you related about your father and his intriguing position that time. I wish I had grown up somewhere incredibly stimulating like N.Y.C., as you did, but can't say I'm all that eager to live there now. I'm glad I'm not longing to live there. Sometimes I wish I had stayed in Westchester, sure loved that place, but the winters were so long and freezing and blizzardy...but it was such a wonderful, wonderful place...most of that whole county...a lot of it anyways. Had a European feel to it as well as American. So much excitement in the air, up North...but it's easier to live down here in some ways. I'm reading the Ava Gardner bio, I saw the nice cute museum to her in Smithfield where her gowns were on display too. But that seemed like a fairly dull town, she sure got the heck out of dodge and it's remarkable she turned out to have talent as well as being gorgeous. I wonder whom is the most beautiful, Ava, Elizabeth Taylor, or Vivienne Leigh. Heddy Lamarr was too. Sometimes it seems to me the Hollywood Classic Golden Age brunette stars were the most beautiful. That's one of my favorite songs by Sting, "Be Still My Beating Heart" and he does look handsome there. Paul Mc. looks so handsome in his recent concerts in South America, doesn't he? He's got one tonight in Buenos Aires, he'll have him a big time in that place...a ball...oh to have seen him in concert there...what happiness, how divine
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I so agree Susy....I wouldn't want to live in New York at this juncture of my life, either, but I wouldn't trade my New York experience for anything in the world. I have such great memories and experiences whilst' living there...I could and probably SHOULD write a book! And yes, Dad's job was a godsend to relatively middle-class family living in an apartment in Brooklyn. We were beside ourselves when his Boss would send Brass-Baskets filled with most dazzling wrapped gifts of everything imaginable at Christmas to our family....it was like a Christmas unto itself unwrapping them. Oh, and Mr. Plenn even told my Dad he would be paying for both my brother and my College education....believe that??? Then, of course, the unthinkable happened and everything came crashing down. You know, though, my Dad, the charmer, landed yet another very pretigious job right after this happened...he became chauffer to the Canadian Mission at the United Nations, where he stayed until his retirement...lots of interesting stories to come of that job aswell Oh, and yes, I agree with your most beautiful women, Susy.....personally I thought Vivien Leigh was just stunning. Brunettes have the edge in my book. Here's something I posted sometime ago, that features all the great beauties you spoke about.....Enjoy! Ooops, I have to go and retrieve it...then I'll post it.
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What a fantastic montage! Greer Garson, too, love her! She was so great! Makes your head spin watching that...is it my imagination, or do some of those dames look conceited (LOL), I'm sure some of them were vain. I sure miss not having TCM (Turner Classic Movies) cable channel. (Don't have cablevision right now) I noticed there's a video montage of classic male stars, too, Claudia and I watched that. It's fabulous too!! I read a huge thick bio on Marlene Dietrich written by her daughter, recently, Dietrich was fascinating-- that woman was a real trip and force of nature and tour de force. She was so man crazy too (LOL), that she even joined the U.S. Army in WWII partly out of desire to be around the boys! I don't fancy her singing, but millions did, and Marlene didn't care how old she was she still poured herself into the skin tight sparkling gold gowns and got up there on stage giving her all in concerts. It's so funny, she was depicted as very wild and promiscuous in that book, then I read her autobiography and she portrayed herself as a virginal Carrie Nation teetotaller. Actually she would send boxes of illegal drugs through the mail to friends. (!)
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Glad you enjoyed the montage, Susze. Have to give equal time to the men, right?
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Claudia611:
Glad you enjoyed the montage, Susze. Have to give equal time to the men, right?
Some great looking men here...I admit to crushes on Steve McQueen, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Redford, Antonio Banderas AND I had a huge crush on Rock Hudson when I was very young...I wonder why???? DOH?? How bout' you Susy, who tickles your fancy?? or anyone else??
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Cary Grant, Cary Grant, Cary Grant!!! Paul Newman. Spencer Tracy (from an acting standpoint). As I watched the morfing montage of men, I found myself thinking about which stars are/were bisexual. That I've read are. Steve McQueen, Spencer Tracy, Rock Hudson (more gay than bi, though, Rock), Tyrone Power, Lawrence Oliver, James Dean, Burt Lancaster...there are others on there, I'll have to go back and refresh my memory...I was so surprised to find out Spencer Tracy and (for some reason) that Burt Landcaster of the big flashing teeth, were. And intrigued. They immediately became more interesting, in my eyes. Even Paul Newman had a touch of it (or more than a touch?). He reportedly had a short fling with McQueen, man that surprised the heck outa me!! Made Newman seem more complex, mysterious and again, more interesting (to me), having had some very good gay and "bi" male friends before, in the past. I've read that Cary Grant was "bi" or went through a phase of that. Don't know if it's true. Then he got married a bunch of times. You're a good writer yourself, Claudia! You and I could pen a few best selling tomes together, co-write them...just a thought! Your memoirs would be interesting, from the few snippets you've shared here.
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Shame on me, Susy, how could I have possibley forgotten MY DARLING CARY GRANT??!!...I adore him!!...he had it all....great looks, charm, comedic talent and he was the epitome of CLASS! I even did a Hollywood Crush post on him not long ago. Of course, as per usual, you made me giggle again when you said you were looking at the morphings and thinking about which ones were Bi-Sexual...LOL!!! I mean you are too cute!! So, I guess I lean towards liking the "gayer" types, eh? Well, I guess you could say I always like the pretty ones and I guess that just goes with the territory. :lol...kidding!! You know, it's funny, when I use to watch Rock Hudson in all those Doris Day movies, I always sensed a little something peculiar about him even tho' he presented as the perfect male speciman...something was just simmering under the surface...maybe an effeminate side...anyway, just sayin'. Oh, and thank you for the writing compliment....that's flattering coming from you, kiddo!! and the book thing sound very interesting indeed!!...I would like that! ! Oh and before I forget , and I saw the movie "The Lovely Bones" that we dicussed a while ago..will definately comment more on that later.
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Justin Hayward was so handsome, with a beautiful voice on top of it all...swoon time (doesn't compare with Macca, though!)...yeah even Justin Hayward is far surpassed by our lovely Liddypool laddie...my precious angel darling honey sugar babe Hee hee about your male morphing montage comments, Claudia!-- I must have a perverse mind to immediately think about who all is gay or bisexual, in that dizzy montage...I might be wrong about Burt Lancaster, and I thought Robert Young is "bi" at least, but may be wrong. Have read that Danny Kaye was "bi" and had an affair with Sir Lawrence Olivier, but read somewhere else that is untrue and Kaye wasn't...if he was, then he was among the plainest male stars with gay proclivities, they're usually very handsome as you pointed out. Macca is certainly handsome enough to be...but he sure isn't...Montgomery Clift is another, both Liz Taylor and Marilyn Monroe threw themselves at him trying to get him to 'change' but reportedly he never succombed to them. So he must have been a "lost cause," that's a shame. Montgomery was another stunner, at least before his bad auto accident. Have read that Gary Cooper was "bi" but that might not be true. He sure was another (VERY) handsome one... My friend Julie and I wrote stories together when we were teens, long novellas, she wrote a few pages and then I wrote a few. Taking turns. Ever since I've longed for a co-author writing partner, then I might actually get something finished ! Plus it's a lot of fun. Something about your writing style makes me think it might work, Claudia, as it did with Julie and me. The trick is coming up with a book idea that's fun enough to be inspired to write about. We should put on our 'thinking caps.' I know, I know, there's not much time amidst the busy whirl of life...but we each seem fluid, fast and facile with words, with language...
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Justin Hayward is a dreamboat, Susy...especially in younger days...those finely chiseled features of his, and, oh my, that one of a kind voice of his...it's nothing short of mesmerizing, isn't it...not to mention he's delishly British I was totally smitten,(still am) with the MOODY BLUES music....melancholy, haunting and magical...what more could I possibly ask for...right up my alley for sure. Just what is it with me and all the British bands??? I've always been so partial to them...I've often wondered about the significance of that?? Yeah, I knew about Laurence Olivier and Danny Kay being an item of sorts...I read how he struggled with it and his deep love for Vivien Leigh..he became very disallusioned with her because of her serious struggles with acute depression...he found it very difficult to be around her for that reason. I remember also when she died, they said he was inconsoleable...similar to our beloved Paulie who said he cried for a whole year when he lost his lovely Linda. I so enjoyed reading about you and your childhood friend, Julie...very sweet, and I'm touched that you might think of me in a similar "writing" light. Not to worry, I am all for this writing endeavor, but as you say, we must have an inspiring topic to keep the juices flowing and the interest peaked. I'll be thinking and you do as well....THAT, coupled with our already seemingly "psychic" connection, something hopefully with "present itself" when we least expect it. Hey, lets have another gander at Justin..I love his nose?? I really do this is a pretty tune aswell.. ENJOY!